After a year of massive AI capital spending, Goldman Sachs economists say the investments contributed little to 2025 U.S. GDP, pointing to imported hardware and measurement limits as key reasons.
In Kyiv on the eve of the fourth anniversary of Russia’s invasion, President Volodymyr Zelensky told CNN he wants the United States to stay on Ukraine’s side and pressed for concrete security guarantees and Congressional ratification.
Scientists sequenced tumours from nearly 500 pet cats and found shared genetic drivers with human cancers, creating a public resource that could guide future treatments for both species.
The bank says the court decision that struck down use of IEEPA leaves a weaker, legally vulnerable Section 122 as the fallback, capping tariffs and making refunds uncertain and slow.
At Amir Kabir, University of Tehran and Alzahra, students set fire to the Islamic Republic flag and chanted against Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, signaling a widening rupture between state and society.
Analysis of human PBMCs and senescent fibroblasts shows circMT-RNR2 is depleted with age, requires the mitochondrial RNA-binding protein GRSF1, and associates with TCA cycle enzymes and metabolites.
Researchers led by Ryan Tucker at Stellenbosch University describe a method that uses the microstructure of fossil eggshells and uranium-lead dating to determine when those shells were buried, offering a way to date rocks and other fossils in the same sedimentary layer.
Reanalysis of a 9th century BC burial pit at Gomolava found 77 individuals, with over 60 percent children and more than 70 percent female, and forensic and genetic evidence points to an organized massacre linked to a clash between farming and semi-nomadic groups.
A national survey of 3,845 adults finds people born in the 1990s spent more recreational time in adult-coached, uniformed sports than in informal neighborhood play, with wealthier and college-educated families driving the change.
Two EEG studies of UK undergraduates found that people higher in grandiose narcissism show blunted error-related negativity, a rapid neural signal of mistakes, suggesting a neural route for resisting self-correction.
Historian Bronwen Everill argues Western models and interventions have consistently misunderstood African economic systems, tracing failures from abolition era reforms to modern development finance, and offering lessons for today’s policymakers and investors.
European Parliament trade committee delayed ratification and is seeking clarity on how the new U.S. tariff will affect the summer US-EU agreement that capped tariffs at 15 percent.
Targeted prompting let models from OpenAI, Google, Anthropic and xAI output long stretches of copyrighted books, challenging industry claims that models do not store training copies and raising legal stakes for ongoing copyright suits.
Anthropic says DeepSeek, Moonshot and MiniMax used about 24,000 fraudulent accounts to generate more than 16 million Claude exchanges to train competing models, prompting new defenses and calls for industry and policy coordination.
After repeated Russian strikes on centralized power plants left millions without heat, Ukraine is rapidly deploying rooftop solar, wind, microgrids and storage to boost energy security, backed largely by European funding but still short of what is needed for next winter.
After Phil Spencer and Sarah Bond left Xbox last week, Microsoft promoted Asha Sharma, an executive with an AI background, and a resurfaced podcast where she linked AI to fertility trends has raised questions about her fit to lead gaming.
The former UK ambassador and ex-Labour peer was taken in for questioning on suspicion of misconduct in public office after investigators looked into claims he shared Downing Street emails and market-sensitive information with the late financier; Mandelson denies wrongdoing.
Rob Jetten, 38, was sworn in on 23 February after his Democrats 66 formed a coalition with the CDA and VVD that is nine seats short of a parliamentary majority.
European Journal of Pediatrics has retracted a 2024 randomized double blind placebo controlled trial on oral folinic acid for autism after independent reviewers and PubPeer raised errors in tables and statistical methods that could not be reproduced from the provided dataset.
A lab experiment at Palmer Station found that black rockcod embryos raised at 4°C hatched earlier, were smaller and showed far more developmental defects than those raised at 0°C, signaling risks for survival and the wider Southern Ocean food web.
Seismic imaging and modelling show a dense block of lower crust sank beneath the Uintas 2 to 5 million years ago, lowering the land and letting the Green River carve its canyon and join the Colorado River.
A URV-led prospective study of 656 adults aged 55 to 75 in the PREDIMED-Plus trial found that consuming extra virgin olive oil, compared with refined olive oil, was linked to greater gut microbiota diversity and better cognitive outcomes over two years.
The FOMC judged reserves ample in December 2025 and directed the New York Fed to make monthly Treasury bill purchases so the Fed can steer short-term rates with administered rates rather than daily operations.
Citrini Research published a two year scenario in which AI agents replace outsourced white collar work, triggering a feedback loop of layoffs, falling demand and a major market decline; the group calls it a scenario not a prediction and reactions are mixed.
Summer Yue, Meta Superintelligence Labs director of alignment, posted on X that an OpenClaw agent ignored a confirm instruction and began deleting her real inbox, forcing her to intervene in person.
Chancellor Friedrich Merz said he has "a lot of sympathy" for an SPD proposal to bar social media access for children under 14, ahead of talks among governing politicians starting Friday as Europe debates similar measures to protect young people.
Instagram boss Adam Mosseri urged cryptographic camera signing to prove authenticity, but the provenance standard C2PA is unevenly adopted, easy to remove, and often invisible on platforms that are still pushing generative AI features.
Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes was wounded in a Tapalpa, Jalisco operation and died en route to Mexico City, prompting the Jalisco New Generation Cartel to mount coordinated attacks across roughly 20 states that disrupted travel and left Guadalajara under lockdown.
ICEF Monitor and Economic Times report steep declines in approvals and arrivals, with only 52,765 permits issued to Indian students in Jan–Jul 2025 and broader drops across international study permits.
President Trump has been touting historic economic success as a top message ahead of the midterms, but objective indicators and voter sentiment diverge, creating political risk for the incumbent party.
The Finnish startup says state research lab VTT has independently tested its pack and will publish results starting Monday, February 23, but experts remain skeptical after no hard evidence at CES.
The Google spinout commercializing Project Loon technology sells Spacetime software and Tightbeam laser links to route data across land, sea and space and has secured government and industry contracts.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told UK leader Keir Starmer Australia would support legislation to remove Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor from the royal succession, a move that would need approval from 14 Commonwealth realms and follows his recent arrest and prior stripping of titles.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine has made several new relay installations in Belarus that guided Iranian designed Shahed drones non operational and warned Minsk faces growing risks as Russian ties deepen.
MEPs halted ratification after a Supreme Court decision affecting U.S. tariffs and fresh uncertainty from President Trump, prompting market moves and diplomatic reactions.
Mexican forces say they killed Jalisco New Generation Cartel leader Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes during an operation in Jalisco, triggering widespread retaliatory attacks that left dozens dead and disrupted daily life across multiple states.
A resonance fluorescence lidar in Kuehlungsborn recorded a transient 10-fold increase in mesospheric lithium about 20 hours after an uncontrolled Falcon 9 upper stage re-entry, with back trajectories linking the plume to the re-entry path west of Ireland.
Public pension funds hold roughly $6 trillion of long-duration capital yet largely match a simple Vanguard 60/40 index while paying about $60 billion a year in fees, and that capital could instead finance transmission lines, nuclear, housing, and other long-lived infrastructure if governance and incentives change.
The Congressional Budget Office now says the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund could be depleted in 2032, one year sooner than last year, driven by higher projected inflation and weaker tax receipts that could lead to automatic benefit cuts.
CEO Stephan Winkelmann confirmed the high-riding Lanzador is canceled after internal review and market feedback. Lamborghini says a plug-in hybrid will replace it and a full electric model will arrive only when conditions are right.
Downing Street says it could take reciprocal action if the US does not honour tariff agreements, while US officials say existing sector deals should still stand after Washington announced a temporary 15% global levy. Analysts say the UK could be disproportionately affected because it had negotiated a 10% deal with the US.
Genetic tests found Floreana ancestry in tortoises on Isabela, prompting a captive breeding program that has produced hundreds of hatchlings and plans to reintroduce the species to Floreana.
A Harvard-led analysis of 2000 to 2018 cancer registry data estimates about 20,600 cases in Massachusetts may be linked to living near nuclear power plants, with risk falling after roughly 30 kilometers.
If you bought a Belkin power bank while located in California between Jan 2, 2016 and Apr 16, 2024 you may be eligible for a $5 Belkin website voucher or a $2 cash exchange; the claim deadline is March 30, 2026.
Researchers built a multi-material 3D printer that lays five materials in one run to produce a functional linear motor that only needed post-print magnetization.
European foreign ministers met in Brussels to try to approve the EU's 20th sanctions package against Russia ahead of the invasion's fourth anniversary, but Hungary has vowed to block the measures unless Kyiv allows Russian oil to continue flowing to Hungary and Slovakia.
Kremlin says it would aim nuclear arms at Estonia if the country hosts NATO nuclear weapons, while Estonia signals it may consider hosting in future and Russia deploys a nuclear capable Oreshnik missile to Belarus.
After the U.S. Supreme Court struck down his previous tariffs policy, President Trump announced an immediate global 15% import duty using a different legal route, prompting alarm from EU and U.K. officials who say last year’s trade deals may be undermined.
Eurostat Statistics Explained figures show France had 129 day care places per 100,000 inhabitants in 2023, while Greece recorded 5.1 CT scanners and 3.9 MRI machines per 100,000 inhabitants.
Nissan confirmed the smaller battery Leaf S will not launch in the US for the 2026 model year, leaving its pricing and future availability uncertain.
An anonymous 15-year-old schoolgirl describes routine sexualised abuse, dehumanising slurs and rape jokes in comments and reels, and proposes an under-16 social media ban to reduce exposure.
The Danish government will boost the Ukraine Fund in 2026, increasing total military aid commitments and meeting NATO spending benchmarks, the Ministry of Defense said on 22 February.
The Mexican Navy intercepted a semi-submersible near Manzanillo with 179 drug packages, arresting three people and using US intelligence support as part of a widening maritime anti-trafficking operation.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told UK counterpart Keir Starmer Australia would support any law to strip Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor of his place in the line of succession amid ongoing police reviews and his recent arrest.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told UK leader Keir Starmer Australia would support legislation to remove Prince Andrew from the royal succession after his recent arrest, which would require UK parliamentary approval and backing from Commonwealth realms.
Sony says the technology can extract data from AI models to match generated tracks to original works, allowing creators to seek compensation amid concerns over unauthorized training on copyrighted music.
At an Indian Express event during an AI summit in India, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said internet claims that each ChatGPT query uses large amounts of water are false, acknowledged past water use for evaporative cooling, and warned that total AI energy demand requires faster deployment of nuclear and renewables.
Two soldiers from the Morok group of the 225th Separate Assault Regiment captured six members of Russia’s 114th Motor Rifle Regiment after storming an enemy position, the regiment said.
Analysis of 31,935 Europeans aged 54 and older shows daily reading is associated with reduced loneliness, especially for those with very few close confidants, and may offer more protection than some monthly group activities.
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A planned Indian delegation trip to Washington to finalise an interim tariff deal has been deferred while both governments assess the Supreme Court ruling and a new US tariff announcement.
Amazon, Meta and Alphabet raised full year capex plans and UBS now sees aggregated hyperscaler capex potentially topping $770 billion in 2026. Credit strategists estimate a $40 billion to $50 billion rise in borrowing that could push public debt issuance to $230 to $240 billion this year, prompting investor scrutiny.
A uniform 15% tariff has cut Brazil's average tariff exposure by 13.6 percentage points and China's by 7.1 points, prompting EU demands for clarity and a 150-day review window.
President Trump announced an immediate 15% global import tariff after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down his earlier tariffs policy, prompting alarm from EU and U.K. officials who are seeking legal clarity on existing trade deals.
A replication of George Borjas's paper finds major data and geographic errors that inflate the H-1B wage gap; after corrections, the gap falls to about 5 percent and reverses for younger workers, calling into question a $100,000 H-1B fee policy based on the original results.
A new overview of reviews and trials reports modest pain reductions from exercise for knee, hip, and hand osteoarthritis but no clear function benefits, and several methodological limitations mean the results should not prompt stopping exercise.
Seoul protested a Russian embassy banner seen as referencing the Ukraine war while renewed Russian and Ukrainian strikes killed and wounded civilians, hit infrastructure and rattled border regions on the eve of the war's fourth anniversary.
Mexican authorities say Jalisco cartel leader Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes was killed in a special forces operation, triggering nationwide retaliation by the Jalisco New Generation cartel and major security measures.
In a BBC interview President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Vladimir Putin has effectively begun World War III but Ukraine's resistance is stopping a broader global war, while warning against territorial concessions and costly offensive operations.
Beijing called on Washington to rescind tariffs after the US Supreme Court found the president lacked authority under a 1977 law, even as the administration moved to impose a 15% global duty.
Organizational failures and public controversies overshadowed the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, yet major tech firms used the event to announce India-focused partnerships and praise the country’s AI potential.
Torvalds announced the first release candidate for Linux 7.0, downplayed version numbers, noted a community succession plan, and highlighted technical updates including strengthened Rust support and non disruptive updates.
Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces said Feb. 22 drone strikes hit an oil depot used to fuel Russian forces in occupied Luhansk and destroyed two Tor air defense systems in occupied Donetsk, with video released of the operations.
Reykjavik is considering a referendum to revive accession negotiations frozen in 2013, a move being accelerated amid geopolitical shifts and rising momentum for EU enlargement.
The Supreme Court ruled the IEEPA reciprocal tariffs illegal, but U.S. Customs has not yet removed the tariff codes from its ACE system, so entries continue to report and potentially pay duties while refund procedures await the Court of International Trade.
Quentin Deranque died after a street attack on 12 February and seven suspects linked to La Jeune Garde, a group once tied to La France Insoumise, have been charged, prompting widespread condemnation and renewed debate over political alliances ahead of key elections.
Delivery bots, companion lamps and household machines are being designed with big eyes, rounded shapes and voices to encourage acceptance, while experts warn of privacy and emotional risks.
Bond said she is leaving after almost nine years, will stay on as a Special Advisor during a planned transition to Asha Sharma, and praised the team amid major projects and the Activision deal.
A popular YouTube comedy clip highlights a shrinking space for humor in Russia after new speech laws, activist reporting and high-profile prosecutions pushed some comedians into exile and others into self-censorship.
Recent declines in routine immunization and interrupted vaccine campaigns have coincided with outbreaks of measles, polio and other infections that cause severe neurological harm, driven by access gaps, conflict, climate shocks and misinformation.
Letters are being sent after a cyber attack that exposed personal and health data for over 10 million people, with free credit monitoring available if enrolled by April 30, 2026.
Adzuna data shows advertised vacancies fell to 695,000 in January, with graduate roles under 10,000 and jobseekers per vacancy rising as unemployment ticks up.
A study of nearly five million births finds high temperatures during pregnancy reduce male births in sub-Saharan Africa through early pregnancy loss and in India by disrupting access to sex-selective abortion services.
Two studies in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy link social anxiety to hostile interpretation bias and show that a 28-day program to drop safety behaviors lowered both anxiety and hostile interpretations.
In December, President Trump hosted Rwanda and DRC leaders for a nonaggression pact linked to access to Congo's vast critical metals, while China’s dominant position and the controversial role of Israeli businessman Dan Gertler complicate U.S. efforts to secure supplies.
As U.S. and Iranian negotiators head to Geneva, the White House has discussed an initial limited strike and a possible later campaign to remove Iran's leadership while diplomats consider a narrow medical-only enrichment compromise.
In a Kyiv interview President Volodymyr Zelensky rejected territorial concessions, called for stronger military and economic pressure on Russia, and said Ukraine aims to restore its 1991 borders but needs weapons and legal security guarantees first.
In a BBC interview in Kyiv, President Volodymyr Zelensky rejects territorial concessions, calls for stronger military and economic pressure on Russia, and seeks institutional security guarantees before any election or settlement.
Micrometre-scale Sn anodes paired with single-walled carbon nanotube networks deliver ampere-hour sodium-ion pouch cells that fast-charge in about 15 minutes, cycle 600 times and show better low-temperature performance than LiFePO4/graphite cells.
Bronwen Everill argues that Western economic ideas have long treated African economies as blank slates, producing persistent misconceptions. New work in economic history and gatherings like the African Economic History Network use historical evidence to show African economic agency and existing institutions.
Countries that agreed to lower tariffs in return for US investment now face doubt after the court rejected the legal basis for Trump's punitive tariffs, and many agreements remain unratified.
The European Commission asked Washington for full clarity and compliance with the August 2025 Joint Statement after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down some of former President Trump's tariff measures and Trump suggested raising a global tariff rate.
Chemical analysis of aluminum-rich clay pebbles in Jezero crater suggests prolonged rainfall and habitable conditions during the Noachian epoch.
Ross Scott’s campaign is forming two formal nonprofit organizations to lobby regulators, monitor game shutdowns and push for legal fixes after The Crew controversy.
Kyiv condemned threats from Budapest and Bratislava to cut emergency electricity supplies unless Ukraine restores Russian oil transit through its territory.
New 2025 data show €251bn in trade with China, led by €170.6bn in imports, as Chancellor Friedrich Merz makes his first official trip to Beijing to meet Li Qiang and Xi Jinping.
A viral AI tool that helps people cheat in interviews and on the job turned its founder into a flashpoint, driving public backlash in San Francisco and spotlighting a tech-era split between an 'agentic' overclass and those likely to be displaced by AI.
Greenland's prime minister rejected President Trump's social media offer to send a US hospital ship, citing free public healthcare and urging direct dialogue with Greenland and Denmark.
Local media and officials say the Jalisco New Generation Cartel launched attacks in Puerto Vallarta, Guadalajara airport and Veracruz after a federal operation that some outlets claim killed leader Nemesio "El Mencho" Oseguera Cervantes; independent confirmation is pending.
IBEC researchers turned chitosan from shrimp shells into a biodegradable film that increases strength when wet, reaches plastic-grade performance, and can be produced in a near-zero-waste cycle.